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/ 4019 days ago

Claudio Ranieri named new Leicester boss

Leicester have named Claudio Ranieri as their new first-team manager. Ranieri, a former Chelsea boss, succeeds Nigel Pearson at the Barclays Premier League club. Pearson was relieved of his duties last month, with the club making a statement at the time which said "fundamental differences in perspective exist between us". Ranieri has been out of […]

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/ 4020 days ago

Watch Bastian Schweinsteiger's first Manchester United interview [VIDEO]

Manchester United formerly introduced Bastian Schweinsteiger as a new signing today — one of four new signings that United have made this past weekend. Before jumping on a plane to join his United teammates on their flight to the United States for a preseason tour, Schweinsteiger gave us first Manchester United interview, which you can see […]

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/ 4020 days ago

Chelsea sign goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Stoke have announced that goalkeeper Asmir Begovic has moved to reigning Premier League champions Chelsea. The 28-year-old has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge for much of the summer after Petr Cech departed for Arsenal, with the Bosnia international now providing competition for Thibaut Courtois. Stoke, who signed experienced goalkeeper Shay Given last […]

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/ 4020 days ago

Stoke City announce signing of Glen Johnson on 2-year deal

Stoke have announced the signing of former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson on an initial two-year contract. The 30-year-old has flown to Singapore to join his new team-mates on their pre-season tour, pending what the club call "finalising the formalities" of the deal. Johnson, whose contract includes the option of an extension into a third year, […]

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/ 4020 days ago

US-Panama preview: Panama hope to advance to quarter-finals

As was the case in the opener against Honduras, it wasn’t pretty for the US against Haiti but they got the result that matters. With a 1-0 win over Haiti in front of over 46,000 in Foxborough, the US clinched top spot in Group A and booked a place in the quarter-finals in Baltimore against […]

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/ 4020 days ago

Morgan Schneiderlin completes £27 million move to Man United

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has completed a medical and reached an agreement to join Manchester United. The France international reportedly arrived into Carrington training headquarters five minutes after Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and finalized his move to the twenty-time champions of England earlier this evening. Once an official announcement is made Schneiderlin will become United's […]

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/ 4020 days ago

US soccer fans celebrate Women’s World Cup win [VIDEO]

July 5th, 2015 will forever be remembered in the history of the United States as the day when the USA won the Women's World Cup for the third time in its history. But it was also a day for the fans of the national team to celebrate. Up until now, we've only seen a few […]

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/ 4020 days ago

Liverpool sell Raheem Sterling to Manchester City for £49 million

Liverpool have reached an agreement with Manchester City for the £49million transfer of Raheem Sterling, Press Association Sport understands. The wantaway forward was left out of Liverpool's squad which flew out on Sunday for their pre-season tour of Thailand as talks over the big-money switch progressed. And England international Sterling, who has been at loggerheads […]

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/ 4021 days ago

Everton face worrying signs as new season approaches

During the summer leading up to the 2014-15 season, Roberto Martinez recognized that Everton did not have the squad to meet the new challenges of the coming season. It had been six years since the Toffees had competed in Europe and Martinez was fully aware that his team, particularly the aging defense, would be put […]

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/ 4021 days ago

Liverpool in advanced talks with Man City to sell Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling will not travel with the Liverpool squad when they head out to Thailand on Sunday as transfer talks are ongoing with Manchester City, Press Association Sport understands. Sterling was on Saturday named in Liverpool's 30-man squad for their tour of Thailand, Australia and Malaysia, but fresh developments mean he will not board the […]

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/ 4021 days ago

Schweinsteiger brings leadership & class to Man United’s midfield

There comes a time in an athlete's career when their importance wanes for a team due to age or a change of philosophy. Some decide to remain with the club and others move on to look for new challenges where they will be deemed important players again. Bastian Schweinsteiger chose the latter as he's agreed […]

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/ 4021 days ago

Real Madrid bid farewell to Iker Casillas as goalkeeper joins Porto

Real Madrid have confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Porto for the transfer of goalkeeper Iker Casillas. In an official statement on the club's website, Real Madrid wrote that today is not only a day where they have lost one of the best goalkeepers in the club, but he's also the "best goalkeeper […]

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/ 4021 days ago

Man United finalize signing of Matteo Darmian for £12.7 million

Manchester United's summer recruitment drive gathered pace on Saturday as they followed up having struck a deal with Bayern Munich to sign midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger by completing the purchase of defender Matteo Darmian from Torino. The statement-making move for World Cup winner Schweinsteiger, which is subject to a medical and personal terms, would see the […]

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/ 4021 days ago

FA rejects Hull Tigers name change for second time

Hull's bid to change their name to Hull Tigers has been rejected for a second time by the Football Association Council. The FA Council voted against the proposal in a meeting at its St George's Park headquarters near Burton on Saturday and the decision could have far-reaching consequences. Club owner Assem Allam, who first floated […]

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/ 4021 days ago

Gary McAllister appointed Liverpool first-team coach

Gary McAllister has been appointed as Liverpool's first-team coach, the club have announced. McAllister, 50, returns to the club where he spent two successful years as a player between 2000-02 and becomes the latest addition to Brendan Rodgers' new-look backroom staff. Rodgers, who earlier this month named Sean O'Driscoll as his new assistant manager and […]